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Building bridges: home visits to multi‐stressed families where professional help reached a deadlock
Author(s) -
Van Lawick Justine,
Bom Hans
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2008.00435.x
Subject(s) - distrust , deadlock , psychology , work (physics) , nursing , social psychology , public relations , medicine , psychotherapist , political science , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , distributed computing
Work with ‘multi‐stressed’ families is often overwhelming for therapists. This is partly due to the frustrating experiences these families have had which contributes to an attitude of distrust towards the outside world. The authors describe methods used in the Netherlands to engage these families in treatment. These methods include home visits, collaborative practice and respect for the resources that the families already have.